International Civil Rights Center and Museum
History Museum
Why pick this one
International Civil Rights Center and Museum preserves Greensboro's original F.W. Woolworth's lunch counter and offers 35,000 square feet of civil rights exhibits.
Best for
- Visitors studying the 1960 Greensboro sit-in
- Civil Rights Movement history education
- School and group visits requiring tours or workshops
- Visitors seeking original artifacts and interactive historical exhibits
- Virtual civil rights history experiences
Look elsewhere if
- Visitors seeking history unrelated to civil and human rights
Specialties
- Civil Rights Movement history
- Greensboro A&T Four and 1960 sit-in history
- F.W. Woolworth's lunch counter exhibit
- Virtual and on-site museum tours
Certifications
- Member of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience
- Top Site of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail
- Member of the American Alliance of Museums
- Member of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
- Member of the Southeastern Museums Conference
What makes them different
- Preserves the original F.W. Woolworth's lunch counter in its historic location
- Includes 35,000 square feet of exhibit space
- Offers 14 permanent exhibitions in The Battlegrounds gallery
- Operates from the Greensboro site where the February 1, 1960 sit-in began
- Provides both virtual and on-site visits
- Serves
- Greensboro
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 134 S Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27401
- Phone
- +13362749199
- Website
- http://www.sitinmovement.org/
- info@sitinmovement.org
Services
- Permanent historical exhibits
- Special and rotating exhibits
- Educational workshops and lectures
- Film screenings and cultural events
- Venue rentals
- Museum merchandise